Not a plane

Don't worry about the hot pixel George. It's actually a navigation beacon, you just happened to catch it when it was on.

PS: It's on the underside of the bird's left wing.

That explains why I couldn't find it. It's moved from right wing to left since it was first reported!

G

Peter,

I have indeed paid for the upgrade, and am awaiting a code to enable me to use it. The spotting tool is a facility I was looking forward to.

Dr M,

The lens was the F 70-210 1:4-5.6. I picked it up for about £25.00 in the days when Ebay prices were a little lower. It's an excellent performer, and I have not felt the need to replace it. Boz claims it has an ED element or two, and that explains its quality.

It was a popular lens in its day, and I would have expected to see more of them on Ebay. The fact that you don't suggests that owners appreciate them.

G

Just noticed there's an F 70-210 on Ebay now, being sold by a woman called VictoriaB761, which means that there are at least another 759 women on Ebay pretending (for some unaccountable reason) to be Mrs Beckham.

She appears not to know much about the lens, and doesn't even know it works on a DSLR, so this could be a bargain for somebody.

G

I was referring to the bird's wing from it's own perspective. It's on the bird's left side, therefore it's the bird's left wing, or the right as we see it in the image.

But then . . . you knew that

In my defence I must point out that I was viewing the image whilst eating breakfast, (if thats any excuse) but as Peter has rightly pointed out the wing was on the right from my perspective and I feel that I am correct simply because a bird doesn't know it has a left wing and a right wing or at least it doesn't know they are called left and right (am I getting out of this or digging a deeper hole I wonder)
Anyway I have decided to give George the benefit of the doubt and concede that I may have been wrong in calling it a hot pixel, which unfortuately reduces the shot from a really good one to a mediocre one, insofar as it was an easy capture snapping a poor heron with a HOLE IN ITS WING

Hmm. I suspect that a career as a navigator is not in your future.

G

George, just trying to figure out your calculations with the lady B , why 759 and not 760 other than the one who is selling who is the number 761?

I'm allowing for the fact that the real Mrs B might have an Ebay account. For selling her surplus shoes, etc.

G

Now I can go to sleep in peace George . I didn't account for that and it was really doing my head,

Will have to keep an eye on shoes then, might end up getting some bargains ha , when she decides to overload her stock

I knew I'd catch somebody!

G

Why? You think she wouldn't put up some of her husband's shoes for sale

Surely the real VictoriaB would have no number so there's still 760 imposters, 761 if you include zero.

Not sure I follow your drift.

But I am sure she's capable of doing anything that doesn't require more brain than that of a squid.

G

ETA: That's Amin who is drifting.

You're assuming she signed up before any of the imposters.

G